The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20.41 - Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations
427 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
23 March 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 October 2012
Description
Jeyes, a UK-based company focused on the production of household detergents, has announced 427 job losses with the closure of its plant located in Kadaň by the end of October 2012.
Jeyes came to the Czech Republic in 2006 and launched the production at the Kadaň site a year later. The region has had the highest unemployment rate since 1990; there are currently 60,000 people unemployed in the region.
Sources
23 March 2012: Finanční noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Jeyes, Closure in Czechia, factsheet number 73347, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73347.
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